I’ve never been a fan of Douglass Mackey or his online persona Ricky Vaughn.
The last time we talked about him on this show, it was to discuss his involvement with facial recognition firm Clearview AI (formerly Smartcheckr.) Mackey reportedly marketed Smartcheckr’s services to political candidates to help them identity and solicit anonymous social media users for votes. Many of his compadres at the time claimed that these allegations against him were lies, though these claims fell flat in lieu of marketing material furnished to prospective clients by Mackey being leaked and published online.
Fast forward to the current year and Mackey has been arrested under the Biden administration for “election interference.” Why? Not because he marketed Smartcheckr’s service to prospective GOP clients, but because he shared memes on Twitter that prosecutors say suppressed voter turnout.
Yes, you read that correctly. Memes are election interference — but only if you’re a Republican.
Dead people voting, people voting without meeting residency requirements, scanning ballots multiple times, ballot harvesting, rigged software, kicking out poll observers… None of that shit constitutes election fraud. Our elections are safe and secure, goy. Share a meme that pokes fun of Democrats? That’s election interference AND domestic terrorism. You’re obviously working with the Russians to hack the election.
Go directly to jail. Do not collect $200.
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